Samsung Omnia will be shipped as early as November 26 and Verizon Wireless brick-and-mortar stores will be getting stock around December 8. Seems like it will be a decent alternative to the leading touchscreen smartphones in the market. The main and attractive among all the features of Samsung Omnia is its TouchWIZ UI. With this feature it will be real competitor to Apple’s iPhone 3G.
The features of Samsung Omnia:
- 3.2-inch touchscreen
- 3G data connectivity
- GPS
- WiFi
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera
- optical mouse
- accelerometers (for screen-rotation detection)
- 8GB or 16GB of onboard storage - all powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 with Samsung’s TouchWIZ UI riding on top.
The online sales of Verizon’s Samsung i900 Omnia will start on November 26. The deal is for a $249.99 (after $70 discount) price-tag when purchased with two-year contract.
Samsung Omnia will be shipped as early as November 26 and Verizon Wireless brick-and-mortar stores will be getting stock around December 8. Seems like it will be a decent alternative to the leading touchscreen smartphones in the market. The main and attractive among all the features of Samsung Omnia is its TouchWIZ UI. With this feature it will be real competitor to Apple’s iPhone 3G.
The features of Samsung Omnia:
- 3.2-inch touchscreen
- 3G data connectivity
- GPS
- WiFi
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera
- optical mouse
- accelerometers (for screen-rotation detection)
- 8GB or 16GB of onboard storage - all powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 with Samsung’s TouchWIZ UI riding on top.
The online sales of Verizon’s Samsung i900 Omnia will start on November 26. The deal is for a $249.99 (after $70 discount) price-tag when purchased with two-year contract.
Nokia has officially announced the latest slider phone Nokia 6260, a feature rich handset running Series 40. This slider phone boasts a 5-megapixel camera, the latest 3G technology with support for HSUPA and HSDPA networks, and built-in Wi-Fi for fast Internet connectivity. The Nokia 6260 Slide also comes with a first for the Series 40 platform: GPS with A-GPS.
It has the good music player, Internet browser, and a front-facing camera for 3G calls. The Nokia 6260 Slide is expected to come out in the beginning of 2009 for an estimated retail price of €299 (or about $386 USD) before taxes and subsidies.
Virgin Mobile Canada has officially released the BlackBerry Curve 8330 which is the smallest and lightest BlackBerry. The deal is for $49.99 on a 3-year plan. You can also get it for $329.99 on a 2-year plan or $379.99 on a 1-year plan or $429.99 on 30 days plan. The exciting attraction of Virgin Mobile is that it will include an 8GB memory card with the device, and this offer will be available till supplies last.
Virgin Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8330 packing comes in with a Full QWERTY keyboard, 2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder, Bluetooth 2.1 A2DP Stereo BT, 1GB Micro SD Card and Stereo Headset, 96 MB flash memory (internal) , External MicroSD expandable memory up to 8 GB and Screen: TFT LCD , 320 x 240 pixel, 65,000 colors.
You can also access up to 10 corporate and personal email accounts with unlimited email and instant messaging using the BlackBerry service which starts at $15 per month.
IcePhone (In Case of Emergency Phone), the new Swiss Army Knife of handset of smartphone, is called a micro-notebook by its manufacturer. The unit features three independent panels where you can fit the screen, full QWERTY keyboard, a 3-inch 400 x 240 resolution touchscreen, a mouse / tracker pad, dual SIM card slots, HSDPA support, quad-band GSM connectivity, GPS, a 3.1-megapixel camera, WiFi and a 532MHz Freescale iMX31 CPU.
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Specs of Next Gen Win-Mo Communicator in detail:
- GSM Quadband 850/900/1800/1900, GPRS/EDGE
- 7.2 Mbps HSDPA UMTS 2100 connectivity
- Freescale iMX31 532 Mhz CPU
- 3? 240×400 px 65K color transflective TFT touchscreen
- Windows Mobile 6.0 Pro OS
- 3.1 mpx camera with autofocus and LED flash
- Built-in GPS
- Wi-Fi b/g
- 1250 mAh battery
- Dimensions: 127×60.8×23.3 mm
- Weight: 210 g
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It seems with in weeks the Icephone will be hitting retail stores in Thailand, and should get to U.K. sometime in March-April 2009, for around $1,000.
AOL has launched a new service, Sync, in partnership with Funambol to allow its users to sync their calendar and contacts with their Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices. With AOL sync Beta you can sync your calendar, contacts and tasks. Tasks and email are not supported at the moment, but these could be added up at a later point of time.
The complete list of supported phones are available here. AOL Sync Beta can wirelessly sync to your mobile phone and also has an option of Auto Sync and its fast and easy to set up.
AOL Sync Beta
Motorola MOTO VE66, Motorola’s first feature-rich phone is announced officially. MOTO VE66 is featured with 5-megapixel camera, built-in Wi-Fi, and a 2.2-inch TFT LCD screen in a 15.2 mm thin body. MOTO VE66 is indented for release in South East Asia, China, India, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Timbuktoo.
MOTO VE66 have many added features compared to Motorola’s other releases. It has got very beautiful look along with good features which makes it one of Motorola’s best equipped phone this year.
Following are the key features of MOTO VE66:
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900, EDGE Class 12
- Dimensions: 103 x 49.5 x 15.2mm
- Weight: 121 g Operating System: MOTOMAGX
- 5-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and 8x zoom
- 30FPS video recording and playback
- 110MB user memory and support for up to 32GB microSD cards
- Built-in FM radio with RDS- CrystalTalk II technology
- Built-in Wi-Fi and support for AGPS
- Fast Scroll wheel and intuitive tactile music navigation key
- Windows Media Player 11
- USB 2.0 connectivity
Looking at the overall package, MOTO VE66 deserves to be Motorola’s best equipped phone.
HTC Touch PRO is touch screen smart phone running on Windows Mobile 6.1 from HTC. Touch PRO also features a QWERTY keypad. The 2.8-inch VGA touch screen provides four times the resolution of most smart devices, making email, documents and web pages sharper and easier to work with than ever before.
3G Network: HSDPA 2100 / 900 , HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Card slot: microSD (TransFlash)
2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Form Factor : Slide Phone
HSCSD : No
GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes
WLAN: Yes
Nokia has lanuched a N96 Bruce Lee Special Edition phone and targetted for all martial art fans. Nokia has recently released this edition in Hong Kong, the limited edition phone. The handset has Bruce Lee’s face and signature on the back case, and it’s packed with rare photos of the legendary actor. The phone further comes bundled with several accessories and a Bruce Lee doll.
You can purchase this limited editions from here and of course you need to know Chinese to complete the purchase. The Bruce Lee Nokia N96 costs 8,788 Chinese yuan (about $1,286)
Apple has launched a micro site for iPhone using called iPhone Your Life. This mini site will offer tips and recommendations for iPhone users. Apple says that this site will help you to discover that iPhone is more than a phone. This site has various tips for iPhone users categorized into sections.
iPhone Your Life is divided into five sub-topics: Around Town, World Travel, At Home, Getting Things Done, Fun and Games. These sub-sections contain short introductions and links to App Store apps that belong in their respective categories, as well as quick tips to help iPhone users learn more about their device.
This site could later become the official iPhone news and resource site, so keep watching this site for new updates.
iPhone Your Life
